Key players

Sketches of negotiators in teachers contract talks

Key players in contract negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union:

CPS

David Vitale: Named Board of Education president by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in April 2011. Vitale was the chief administrative officer of CPS from 2003 to 2008 after joining the district under Arne Duncan. Background in banking and finance.

Joe Moriarty: Chief labor relations officer. Formerly deputy general counsel with the district and also worked with City Colleges of Chicago.

James Franczek: Labor lawyer and founding partner of the law firm Franczek Radelet. Labor counsel for the city of Chicago, Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the Chicago Park District and City Colleges of Chicago.

Beth Swanson: Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deputy chief of staff for education. Swanson is the executive director of The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation and previously led the Office of Management and Budget at CPS under Duncan.